How did Trump's feud with McCain begin? The late senator's war record was one of Trump's early complaints and has been a running theme. Here's a look at the back and forth:

Jan. 11, 2000: Trump, considering a run for president, criticized McCain's war service as he sized up other potential candidates in an interview on CBS. “He was captured,” Trump said, in remarks he would echo years later. “Does being captured make you a hero? I don’t know. I’m not sure.”

June 30, 2015: McCain tried to distance himself from Trump soon after the real estate magnate entered the 2016 presidential race by suggesting immigrants were “rapists” and drug smugglers. "I just disagree with his comments about the, quote, Mexicans," the senator told The Arizona Republic in 2015.

July 11, 2015:Trump hammered McCain during a campaign rally in the senator’s home state, saying he was “weak” on immigration. "We have incompetent politicians, not only the president," Trump said. "I mean, right here, in your own state, you have John McCain." The audience booed at the mention of McCain's name.

July 16, 2015: McCain responded to Trump in a piece in The New Yorker. The senator said Trump “fired up the crazies” and Trump responded by calling McCain a "dummy."

July 18, 2015: Most Americans caught their first glimpse of the feud when Trump, speaking in Iowa, questioned whether McCain was “a war hero because he was captured" in the Vietnam War. Trump, who did not serve in the war, said he liked “people that weren’t captured.” Many political prognosticators predicted the remarks would bring about the undoing of Trump’s campaign.

Feb. 9, 2016: Trump won the Republican primary in New Hampshire after coming in second in the Iowa caucuses days earlier.

June 30, 2015: Two weeks after Trump announced his presidential candidacy in a speech widely criticized for calling Mexican immigrants "rapists" and drug runners, McCain put distance between himself and the celebrity billionaire. "I just disagree with his comments about the, quote, Mexicans," McCain said. Mark Henle/The Republic

July 10, 2015: The Republic published a story with the headline "McCain, Flake want no part of Trump's Phoenix rally." Trump campaign sources subsequently confirmed that Trump himself was aware of the article, which quoted McCain speaking about Trump's comments about Mexicans on MSNBC. "I just think that it is offensive to not only Hispanic citizenry, but other citizenry, but he's entitled to say what he wants to say," McCain said. Charlie Leight/The Republic

July 11, 2015: Trump appeared at a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center. "We have incompetent politicians, not only the president," Trump told the crowd. "I mean, right here, in your own state, you have John McCain." The pro-Trump audience booed the mention of McCain's name. After the event, Trump hammered McCain some more. "I've supported John McCain, but he's very weak on immigration," Trump said. "... If the right person runs against John McCain, he will lose." Cheryl Evans/The Republic

July 16, 2015: The New Yorker published McCain's reaction to Trump's Arizona rally. “This performance with our friend out in Phoenix is very hurtful to me,” McCain said in the interview. “Because what he did was he fired up the crazies.” Trump immediately fired back on Twitter, demanding that McCain apologize for the "crazies" remark and calling McCain a "dummy" for graduating last in his class at the U.S. Naval Academy. Jack Gruber/USA TODAY

July 18, 2015: The feud really exploded when Trump, at an event in Iowa, disparaged McCain's service during the Vietnam War. Trump, who did not serve in Vietnam, said McCain was “a war hero because he was captured” and that he liked “people that weren’t captured.” McCain is a former Navy aviator who was shot down in 1967 and held as a P.O.W. for more than five years. Jack Gruber/USA TODAY

Aug. 10, 2015: McCain, who had been trying to keep out of a running feud with Trump, criticized Trump over comments about Fox News personality Megyn Kelly. McCain denounced Trump's comments, which were widely derided as sexist, as offensive. McCain also defended his record on veterans' issues from Trump's attacks. Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY

March 1, 2016: Trump won big on Super Tuesday, making his march toward the Republican presidential nomination all but unstoppable. Pressure started to build on McCain, who had been saying he would support whoever the GOP's standard-bearer was, even Trump. Pat McDonogh/Courier-Journal

March 3, 2016: McCain joined Mitt Romney in beating up Trump. McCain focused on foreign policy. At the time, McCain aides pointed out that he'd also taken Trump to task over Trump's attitude toward Muslims, Trump's support for torture, and Trump's approving remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tom Tingle/The Republic

May 5, 2016: Politico published audio leaked from a fundraiser in which McCain grimly tells supporters that Trump is hurting the GOP brand with Arizona's Latino electorate and that "this may be the race of my life." But McCain subsequently told reporters he was sticking with Trump. Charlie Kaijo/The Republic

May 11, 2016: Trump seemed to want to make peace with McCain, telling national radio personality Don Imus: "You know, frankly, I like John McCain, and John McCain is a hero. Also heroes are people that are, you know, whether they get caught or don’t get caught, they’re all heroes as far as I’m concerned. And that’s the way it should be.” Evan Vucci/Associated Press

Aug. 1, 2016: McCain hit Trump over his attack on the parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was killed in action in Iraq in 2004. However, McCain did not withdraw his support of Trump. Trump quickly retaliated by saying he would not endorse McCain in his primary, resurrecting his accusation that McCain hadn't done a good job for veterans. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Aug. 5, 2016: Trump changed course and read a formal endorsement of McCain. "I hold in the highest esteem Sen. John McCain for his service to our country in uniform and in public office," Trump said. "And I fully support and endorse his re-election." Cheryl Evans/The Republic

Oct. 4, 2016: McCain stood up for Trump with regard to comments Trump made about soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder; McCain suggested the media left out the context and distorted Trump's meaning. Trump thanked McCain on Twitter. Mark Henle/The Republic

November 2016: Post-election, McCain, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman signals that he will stand up to Trump as necessary: "I am not a rubber stamp. There are maybe 100 Department of Defense positions that require Senate confirmation. I believe that the Constitution requires advice and consent (of the Senate)." Getty Images

Jan. 10, 2017: McCain feels the anger of Trump fans again after it is disclosed on Jan. 10 that he obtained and gave to the FBI a dossier of potentially compromising but unsubstantiated research on then-President-elect Donald Trump and alleged Russian ties. Saul Loeb/AFP

Feb. 9, 2017: Donald Trump took to Twitter again to attack McCain following the Arizona senator’s criticism of the White House’s characterizing of a raid in Yemen as as a “huge success," despite the death of a Navy SEAL. "When you lose a $75 million airplane and, more importantly, an American life is lost and wounded I don't believe you can call it a success,” McCain said to NBC News. Getty Images

Feb. 16, 2017: McCain did not vote for Rep. Mick Mulvaney, who was confirmed as President Donald Trump's budget director on a 51-49 vote. His opposition to Mulvaney, R-S.C. — a crusader for federal budget cuts — largely stemmed from Mulvaney's past support of cuts to defense spending. Associated Press

Feb. 17, 2017: Without ever mentioning the president by name, McCain warned world leaders at the 2017 Munich Security Conference against isolationism in an apparent blast at his fellow Republican’s policies and worldview. McCain called on world leaders to take seriously his fears over the Trump’s policies. According to a transcript posted on McCain's website, the senator went on to target Trump’s signature enforcement orders and world view. Associated Press

Feb. 19, 2017: McCain, shown here getting a T-shirt from Ukrainian journalist and politician Svitlana Zalishchuk on the last day of his Munich trip, took to the Sunday TV news shows and responded to Trump's attack on the press, in which the president declared the media "the enemy of the American people." Tobias Hase, AP

May 9, 2017: McCain says he's "disappointed' that Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey, the controversy-prone director of the FBI since 2013. McCain said Comey's firing underscores the need for Congress to form a select committee to investigate Russian meddling in last year's presidential election. Trump made the decision to fire Comey based on the recommendations of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the White House said. Mark Henle/The Republic

May 16, 2017: Trump's growing scandals that have put his White House in turmoil are now "Watergate size and scale," McCain says at a dinner in Washington, according to the Daily Beast. McCain's comments came after Trump received severe criticism for his May 9 firing of FBI Director James Comey amid an FBI investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russians during the 2016 race. Associated Press

May 17, 2017: Flake joins McCain in calling Trump's mounting woes a drag on the GOP's agenda. "This city is awash with controversy, and we need to get it sorted out," McCain told The Republic. "We have important challenges, such as the reform of 'Obamacare' and tax reform and taking care of our military. Hopefully we can get these issues resolved so we can continue to focus all of our attention on the other important priorities we have." Tom Tingle/The Republic

May 20, 2017: Trump's May 10 Oval Office meeting with Russia's foreign minister and ambassador to the United States, the day after Trump unexpectedly fired FBI Director James Comey, is criticized by McCain. "I think it's pretty obvious they turned it into their propaganda advantage," McCain told The Republic. The New York Times also reports Trump told the Russians that Comey "was crazy, a real nut job," and that he had "faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off." Russian Foreign Ministry

May 30, 2017: In Australia for talks on security in the Asia-Pacific region, McCain urges Australia not to abandon its alliance with America despite jitters over Trump. "I realize that some of President Trump's actions and statements have unsettled America's friends. They have unsettled many Americans as well," he said, alluding to a testy February talk between Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that McCain helped to smooth over. He also said that while he and Trump differed on some things, they were aligned in their support for a boost in military funding. Rick Rycroft/AP

June 12, 2017: No fan of former President Obama's foreign policy (McCain told The Hill in 2016 that Obama deserved an “F” for his handling of foreign policy), McCain says the U.S.' standing abroad was better under the previous administration. Earlier in the month, Trump attacked Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim mayor of London, on Twitter after eight people were killed and dozens were wounded during a terrorist attack in the city. “What do you think the message is? The message is that America doesn’t want to lead,” McCain said about Trump's statement, according to the Guardian. Jack Gruber/USA Today

June 30, 2017: "I'm just embarrassed. Embarrassed isn't the right word. I just regret it," McCain tells NBC News following Trump's Twitter attack Thursday on MSNBC personalities Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough. McCain also said that he was "not surprised but ... disappointed." According to a tally by the Washington Post, more than three dozen members of Congress from both parties denounced Trump. Patrick Breen/The Republic

July 20, 2017: Just hours after news broke of McCain's brain cancer diagnosis, he blasts Trump amid a report that the administration decided to halt a CIA training program for moderate Syrian rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad's regime. "If these reports are true, the administration is playing right into the hands of Vladimir Putin," McCain said in a statement. The program began under the Obama administration in 2013, and Trump decided in June to end it, the Washington Post reported. McCain also criticized Trump for not having a broader strategy in Syria and the Middle East in general. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

July 17, 2017: Trump wishes an ailing McCain well in his own way, giving McCain a shout out while condemning the Affordable Care Act during his "Made in America Product Showcase" in the White House's East Room. "But for our nation to really prosper, we must lower the tax on business — one of the highest in the world — and we must repeal job-killing 'Obamacare,' " Trump said. "We have to do that. And I can tell you, we hope John McCain gets better very soon because we miss him. He’s a crusty voice in Washington. Plus, we need his vote. And he’ll be back." McCain's absence from the Senate as he recovers from a surprise craniotomy put passage of the Republican-backed Better Care Reconciliation Act in jeopardy. The legislation, which would largely undo "Obamacare," is one of Trump's top priorities. Tom Tingle/The Republic

July 26, 2017: Back in Washington following cranial surgery to remove a blood clot, McCain was quick to deride Trump's surprise proclamation on Twitter that transgender Americans will be barred from serving "in any capacity in the U.S. Military". "We should all be guided by the principle that any American who wants to serve our country and is able to meet the standards should have the opportunity to do so — and should be treated as the patriots they are," McCain said in a statement. J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press

July 28, 2017: McCain casts the deciding vote to sink his fellow Republicans' so-called "skinny repeal" of the Affordable Care Act.
He joined Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and every Senate Democrat to bring down the bill on a 49-51 vote. The late-night drama of the vote drew immediate attention from the White House. Shortly before 3 a.m., Trump tweeted "3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!" Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

July 29, 2017: After his party's stinging defeat over health care legislation, Trump tweeted that the Republicans in the Senate "look like fools" and should do away with the filibuster, even though scrapping a 60-vote requirement would still not have saved the doomed bill. "Republicans in the Senate will NEVER win if they don't go to a 51 vote majority NOW. They look like fools and are just wasting time...." the president wrote. Evan Vucci/AP

Aug. 3, 2017: McCain says during a stop at The Republic's newsroom that his "no" vote on the "skinny repeal" was not a revenge vote against Trump for his disparaging comments two years ago about McCain’s time as a prisoner of war. He also said his call with Trump before the vote was “very pleasant, as you might expect.” During a Facebook Live interview, a viewer asked whether McCain had a “red line” with President Trump. McCain said he did not. “I will do everything in my power to work with this president,” he said. “He’s our president, unlike me.” Lindsey Collom/The Republic

Aug. 15, 2017: Trump, when asked about McCain's defense of H.R. McMaster, Trump's national-security adviser, from attacks from alt-right critics, responds with a non sequitur: "Senator McCain? You mean the one who voted against 'Obamacare'? You mean Senator McCain who voted against us getting good health care?" Later, Trump mentioned McCain again when he was asked about another legislative priority of his, infrastructure.
"We came very close with health care. Unfortunately, John McCain decided to vote against it at the last minute," Trump said. "You'll have to ask John McCain why he did that. But we came very close to health care." Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 22, 2017: Though he doesn't mentioned them by name, Trump lambastes both McCain and Flake during a campaign-style rally at the Phoenix Convention Center. He riled up the crowd of about 10,000 by alluding to McCain’s July 28 vote that sank the GOP’s immediate effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. David Kadlubowski/The Republic

Sept. 1, 2017: In a guest column for the Washington Post, McCain writes that bipartisan compromise is more important than ever given that Trump "has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct." He continues, "We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation." Loren Townsley/The Republic

Oct. 16, 2017: In a speech to accept the National Constitution Center's Liberty Medal, McCain leveled a blistering attack on what he called the "half-baked, spurious nationalism" in the country's foreign policy. The next day, Trump shot back at McCain during a radio show, saying that "people have to be careful because at some point I fight back." Associated Press

Nov. 11, 2017: McCain unloads on Trump after the president appears to take the word of Russian President Vladimir Putin over U.S. intelligence officials regarding last year's election interference. McCain called Trump's willingness to cooperate with Putin on Syria "naive" and warned it would jeopardize national security. Associated Press

March 20, 2018: McCain criticizes Trump for commending Vladimir Putin on winning re-election: "An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections." The Republic

May 22, 2018: In McCain's memoir "The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations," he delivers a scathing assessment of Trump, saying that to the president, "the appearance of toughness or a reality show facsimile of toughness seems to matter more than any of our values." Tom Tingle/The Republic

June 18, 2018: McCain called out the Trump administration's practice of separating families at the border under the zero-tolerance policy. McCain called the separations, which Trump later signed an executive order to stop, an "affront to the decency of the American people." Jasper Colt/USA TODAY

July 16, 2018: McCain calls Trump's news conference with Putin "one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory." During the conference after the summit in Helsinki, Trump seemed to accept the denials of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Susan Walsh/AP

Aug. 13, 2018: Trump signed the national defense authorization act, which was named after McCain. While Trump praised Rep. Martha McSally at the bill signing, he did not mention the ailing senator. Carolyn Kaster/AP

May 11, 2016: Trump seemed to backtrack from his original remarks, telling a radio program that: “You know, frankly, I like John McCain, and John McCain is a hero.”

Aug. 1, 2016: McCain blasted Trump amid a scandal over the nominee’s remarks about U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was killed in action in Iraq in 2004. Trump criticized the fallen solder’s mother, who stood silently by her husband’s side during the Democratic National Convention.

Aug. 5, 2016: Trump reversed course and endorsed McCain. "I hold in the highest esteem Sen. John McCain for his service to our country in uniform and in public office," Trump said.

Oct. 4, 2016:McCain defended Trump over comments the nominee made about soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder. Trump received criticism for saying some soldiers who return from war are "strong and you can handle it but a lot of people can't handle it." Critics said the comment spread the misconception that veterans with PTSD are weak. McCain said the media distorted Trump's meaning. Trump thanked McCain on Twitter the following day.

Thank you @SenJohnMcCain for your kind remarks on the important issue of PTSD and the dishonest media. Great to be in Arizona yesterday!

Oct. 8, 2016: McCain withdrew support for Trump after a 2005 recording emerged in which Trump discussed kissing women and grabbing them by their genitalia. McCain said the recording made it “impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy.”

July 19, 2017:McCain's cancer diagnosis becomes public. Days earlier, before the diagnosis was known but after McCain had undergone surgery to remove a blood clot, Trump said, "We hope John McCain gets better very soon because we miss him.”

Rep. John McCain, R- Ariz., holds his daughter Meghan, and his wife Cindy holds the couple's new baby, John Sidney McCain IV, at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix in May 1986. David Petkiewicz/The Republic

During the debate at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix, Richard Kimball accused John McCain of "climbing up on a soap box," apparently referring to the box that the TV stations had him stand on for their camera angles in 1986. Suzanne Starr/The Republic

Arizona Sen. John McCain dropped by to say hello to some Make-A-Wish kids on April 8, 1988. Here he is greeting Thomasina Schnepf, 11, from Phoenix, who once had a brain tumor. Charles Krejcsi/The Republic

Sen. John McCain (center), R- Ariz., on May 8, 1989, speaks with a soldier from the Panamanian Defense Forces after he voted. McCain is a member of the official observer delegation sent from Washington for the country's presidential election. Associated Press

Oct. 18, 2017: McCain swipes at Trump during a C-SPAN interview, noting that during the Vietnam War “we drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur." Trump received several draft deferments during the Vietnam War, including one medical deferment for a diagnosed bone spur in his heels, the New York Times reported.

June 20, 2018: During a rally in Duluth, Minnesota, Trump blamed McCain for the collapse of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. “We had a gentleman way into the morning hours, go thumbs-down," Trump said. "He went thumbs-down." A woman in the crowd reportedly shouted, “He’s a war hero,” but Trump ignored her and changed topics. When McCain voted against the repeal plan in 2017, he gave a thumbs down and said "no," which drew a gasp from members in the Senate chamber.

Aug. 27, 2018: Trump faced a public outcry after raising U.S. flags two days after they had been lowered out of respect for McCain. The American Legion and other veterans groups criticized the move, and the White House quickly lowered the flags again.

Sept. 1, 2018: Honoring McCain’s wishes, Trump does not attend the senator's funeral at the Washington National Cathedral. Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, attend the service. Meghan McCain later says they were not invited by the family.

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Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, watches her husband's casket arrive at the U.S. Capitol as their two sons Jack and Jimmy McCain salute at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018. Jack Gruber/USA TODAY

The casket of Sen. John McCain arrives at the U.S. Capitol while his wife, Cindy McCain, along with their two sons Jack and Jimmy McCain, look on at the U.S. Capital in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018. Jack Gruber/USA TODAY

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, accompanied by an aide, walks through the rotunda before the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lies in state at the U.S. Capitol Aug. 31, 2018. Andrew Harnik/Pool

Sen. John McCain's daughter Meghan McCain is comforted by her 106-year-old grandmother Roberta McCain during a memorial at the U.S. Capitol rotunda Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool

8/31/18 11:16:56 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- Vice President Mike Pence greets the McCain family as the body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff Jasper Colt, USAT

8/31/18 11:02:40 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks as the body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff Jasper Colt, USAT

Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, talks with Vice President Mike Pence, left, after he speaks at a ceremony for John McCain as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) Andrew Harnik, AP

Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leans on his flag-draped casket during a farewell ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. McCain was a six-term senator, a former Republican nominee for president, and a Navy pilot who served in Vietnam, where he endured five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. He died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

8/31/18 12:26:28 PM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- The body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff USAT

8/31/18 11:25:12 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- Sidney McCain whisper to her father's casket as the body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff Jasper Colt, USAT

8/31/18 11:25:19 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- Jimmy McCain leans on his father's casket as the body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff Jasper Colt, USAT

8/31/18 11:19:10 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- House leaders Nancy Pelosi and Paul Ryan present a wreath as the body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff USAT

8/31/18 11:17:41 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- A wreath is presented by the U.S. Senate as the body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff USAT

8/31/18 11:44:48 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- The body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff USAT

8/31/18 11:20:26 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen present a wreath on behalf of the Executive Branch as the body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff USAT

8/31/18 11:27:56 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- The body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff USAT

8/31/18 11:28:16 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- Henry Kissinger pays his respects as the body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff USAT

8/31/18 11:33:18 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- The body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff USAT

8/31/18 11:34:31 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- The body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff USAT

8/31/18 11:35:27 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- Lindsey Grahama pays his respects as the body of John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. McCain died on Aug. 25. -- Photo by Jasper Colt, USA TODAY Staff USAT

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger pays his respects at the flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. McCain was a six-term senator, a former Republican nominee for president, and a Navy pilot who served in Vietnam, where he endured five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. He died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Sen. Joe Lieberman, right, and his wife Hadassah Lieberman, pay their respects at the flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. McCain was a six-term senator, a former Republican nominee for president, and a Navy pilot who served in Vietnam, where he endured five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. He died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Attorney General Jeff Sessions passes by the flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. McCain was a six-term senator, a former Republican nominee for president, and a Navy pilot who served in Vietnam, where he endured five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. He died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who currently serves as attorney to President Donald Trump, pays his respects at the flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Ohio Gov. John Kasich kneels at the flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Ohio Gov. John Kasich kneels at the flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. McCain was a six-term senator, a former Republican nominee for president, and a Navy pilot who served in Vietnam, where he endured five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. He died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and other members of the Senate, stand as the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of Sen. John McCain of Arizona, lies in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda for a farewell ceremony and public visitation, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and other members of the Senate, stand as the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of Sen. John McCain of Arizona, lies in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda for a farewell ceremony and public visitation, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Members of the public watch as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor stands over the casket of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

Members of the public pay their respects as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

Attorney General Jeff Sessions walks out of the Rotunda where Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lies in state in the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

A man wearing a shirt that reads "Trump is Persona Non Grata" walks through the Rotunda as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lies in state in the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

Members of the public pay their respects as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

Members of the public pay their respects as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

Members of the public file through the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as pay their respects to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as he lies in state Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

Derek Anderson (center) of Arlington, Virginia, pays his respects with other members of the public at the flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain of Arizona in the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington Aug. 31, 2018. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool

Members of the public walk past the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. McCain was a six-term senator from Arizona, a former Republican nominee for president, and a Navy pilot who served in Vietnam where he endured five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. He died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Members of the public walk past the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. McCain was a six-term senator from Arizona, a former Republican nominee for president, and a Navy pilot who served in Vietnam where he endured five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. He died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Members of the public walk past the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. McCain was a six-term senator from Arizona, a former Republican nominee for president, and a Navy pilot who served in Vietnam where he endured five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. He died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Members of the public walk past the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. McCain was a six-term senator from Arizona, a former Republican nominee for president, and a Navy pilot who served in Vietnam where he endured five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. He died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Members of the public come to pay their respects as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

A visitor becomes emotional while paying respects to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as McCain lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

President Barack Obama's White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, center right, walks through the Rotunda as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lies in state at the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

A visitor becomes emotional while paying respects to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., left, and her husband Charles Capito pay their respects to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik, AP

March 17, 2019: Trump tweets, incorrectly, that a court document shows McCain attempted to publicize a dossier alleging misdeeds by Trump before the election. McCain provided the document to the FBI after the election, and there is no evidence he also provided it to the media.

Spreading the fake and totally discredited Dossier “is unfortunately a very dark stain against John McCain.” Ken Starr, Former Independent Counsel. He had far worse “stains” than this, including thumbs down on repeal and replace after years of campaigning to repeal and replace!

March 18, 2019: On ABC’s The View, McCain’s daughter, Meghan, slammed Trump’s criticism of her father, saying: “He spends his weekend obsessing over great men because he knows it and I know it and all of you know it: He will never be a great man.”

So it was indeed (just proven in court papers) “last in his class” (Annapolis) John McCain that sent the Fake Dossier to the FBI and Media hoping to have it printed BEFORE the Election. He & the Dems, working together, failed (as usual). Even the Fake News refused this garbage!

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Vice Adm. John S. McCain Sr. with his son, Cmdr. John S. McCain Jr., on board a U.S. Navy ship (probably USS Proteus, AS-19) in Tokyo Bay, circa September 1945. McCain Jr. is father to Arizona Sen. John McCain. Naval History and Heritage Command

In this July 14, 1961, file photo, Lt. John S. McCain III (left) and his parents, Adm. John S. McCain Jr. (right) and Roberta Wright McCain (center) take part in the ceremony to commission McCain Field, the U.S. Navy training base in Meridian, Mississippi, named in honor of Adm. John S. McCain (pictured in photo at top), respectively grandfather and father to the two McCains. A predilection for what McCain III describes as "quick tempers, adventurous spirits, and love for the country's uniform" was encoded in the family DNA. Associated Press

Sen. John McCain and his family pose for a photo at the christening party for the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) on Sept. 26, 1992. The ship was named for McCain's grandfather, Adm. John S. "Slew" McCain Sr. U.S. Navy

Sen. John McCain (second from right) talks with Lt. J.G. Leslie Hull-Ryde at an entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on Sept. 27, 1999. McCain is a graduate of the academy. Associated Press